Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-11-18

MS own name-a copy Of his will SHOWING
MN 70 have spelled il In four different WAYS.
Aext We drove 70 The matched and vine.
covefeu cottage OF Anna Hathaway. the
wiie Of me great poet--a little quaint place
lun oi relics and sentiment There was the
very bench in the chimney corner where
| sne used 70 sit and be courted, first as Juliet,
.nen ~ Desdemonas ard 90 on through the
uatalpgne, tlll abe probably hardly knew
| Wn'ch man she was marrying, Romeo.
Qtheilo, or Shakespeare. II her 6host conId
only arise and face these Baconites we
Were told that no autograph Of Shakespeare
remains, as the Puritans considered II their
DUTY 70 destroy all that fclI into their hands
oeignglng 70 wicked play-writer.'
irving back into tho town, we passed
| ,,NeW-Place," where Shakespeare died at
me age OF hity-lve. Unfortunately this
| place was sold b clerical vandai who tora
down the old house aud cut down the muI-
berry tree planted by the poets own hand.
| Our driver suggested TO Us 10 stop and see
the Library and Memorial Theatre, where
only shalxespeares plays are permitted, and
| performed and drawn Inspiration III ,'' tn5
future-ana last OF all we visited the parish
church, where lie his remains. II Is fitting
resting place for the poet brain, the peaceful
quiet disturbed only by the rustling Of the
leaves on the long row OF elms guarding the
approach, and the rnurmur Of the Avon as
10 gently flows close by the walls. Here,
just inside the chancel Of the pretty church,
the dreamer sleeps, his tomb covered by
simple fiat stone bearing this inscription;
"Good friend, for Jesus sake forbeare
To dig the dust enclosed here,
Blessed be he that spares these stones,
And curst DO he that moves my bones"
These lines wero written by himself, and
were all that prevented his removal TO West
minister Abbey. II was a beautiful day,
the air was soft and balmy, even the twitter
OF the birds seemed toned to the peaceful
ness of the spot, and we came away as from
the grave Of one whom We had known and
honored. Regretfully we left Stratiord on
Avon, but time was pressing-English
steamers will not wait for tardy Americans,
aud we drove TO our train for hve-hours'
rdo to chester.
This Is an interesting city rather than
beautiful one, owing " the preservation Of
Its antique defences, and OF the regular ar
rangement of Its streets In the old Roman
camp style, crossing each other at right an
giles. Another popularity Is the way In
which the pavements, called rows, are raised
20 level with the first floors of the bust
itoo hDuotbt tlit utCDuQ obOi1 DtOlCLbuk ONGI
them, protecting them from the rain. A
slight railing being added the effect is that
of IL continuous corridor the entire length of
the block. This is reached by q few steps
from the narrow sidewalk below. Chester
Is now a Bishops See, and Is also noted for
It's race course. They probably have the
latter there 80 that the Bishop may see, for
you know II Is not proper for him 10 30 To
see the races. There Is a fine old cathedral
there too, with ancient frescoing. But, as a
place Of residence, we preferred the house
Of the Duke of Westminster, near by, TO
anything we saw In Chester. This superb
Gothic structure Is said TO be the finest in
Great Britain, and Is owned by It's wealth.
lest man. The palace, itself ID all modern,
as are It's furnishings, but magnificent be-
You'd anything we have seen. "The family
was away at the Time 80 visitors were ad-
mtted at a shilling each--the English idea
OF making tho guest pay the servants hire
being carried out even here-th0ugh, Of
course, In this instance 1t !; regarded as
one Of the sights Of the country, and tho US.
itors are hardly guests. We were much In
terested in the family portraits. The Duke
has nine children, and ye. the heir TO all
this estate, rs well as 10 the title, is n little
boy eight years Of age, son Of the eldest son,
who died a short time since. The residences
of the coachmen and butler are equal to
many first class houses in this country,
and the home o. the Dukes agent has few
TO excel il among the finest in Washington.
Gladstone's estates arc also near to Ches-
ter. We had seen his modest London home,
50 did not attempt 10 visit his country place.
We were told that his grounds were super
Tor To those Of the Duke Of Westminster,
though the buildings were inferior. These
grounds are thrown open 10 all classes, and
the hotel chamber-mad told me that they
were the great resort for her class on Sun
day--wnding up with the remark "Thc
glntry are very good 10 III"
Our next move was 10 Liverpool, distant
about an hour and half You hear a good
many unfav0rable comparisons between
railway accommo dations In England and
those in our country, and they are not I'M
called for. We arc far ahead Of our mother
country In this respect, but we have never
found greater courtesy ameng our officials
than we found here. II seems that several
companies run their trains into the same
depot at Chester, which fact Is naturally un.
known 10 the foreign tourist, so we boarded
the train about departing for Liverpool at
the hour Indicated by our time table, sup
posing IL the only one. Our tickets were
tor the "Great Western" and we were on a
midland" train, 80 OF course had 10 pay our
fare over again. However, after our arrival
in Liverpool, Frank waited on the agent Of
the Great Western, who listened courteous.
| ly, and after a liberal use Of "red tape" &C.
cured authority TO refund tho iull amount
following US on beard the tender which took
us 10 our steamer to do So
Arriving in Liverpool late In the evening
we were glad 1t was too dark ~ see any
thing more-lor we had all we could do 10
tic up our mental parcels and put them aside
for reconsideration In future IL the Gus
tom House officials could get hold Of that
class Of importatlons, what a time they
would have classifying them and assessing
their dutiable valuel Our night was filed
with visions Of Shakespeare riding round on
the back of pea-fowl at Warwick, while
Lady Macbeth sauntered in, In long white
gown and hoop-skrt with her dishevled hair
| in close proximity To the lighted candle In
her hand which closely resembed the one
which had shown US how dark our rooms
were before we fell into our seml-slumbcr.
The next morning dawned clearly upon
Liverpool, which we thought more like New
| York than any other foreign city. There
seems 10 be the same rush, particularly ia
the vicinity of the warehouses and large
business streets, Just as In any great COM
mercal place, and the docks are, as you
know, the finest In the world-immense
stone walls taking the place Of our wooden
structures. These docks are said 10 cover
an area Of three hundred acres with quay
accommodations Of seventeen miles extent
Liverpool Is the second city In population
and commercial importance in the United
Kingdom, and has also more beggars to the
square foot than any place in the world
we hope. There are fine wide streets, which
run / n every possible direction, like those
Of Boston, so that you are never quite sure
where you are going.
But our last day on earth has come--for
ten long days and nights wo arc 70 try
new element--and bravely VIC go forward,
uncertain whether we are 10 sink or swim,
but full OF hope, and already beginning 10
anticipate the 10y Of safe return.
Ono bright Thursday afternoon we found
ourselves aboard the fine steamer Germanic.
h0meward bound After making ourselves
at home in our staterooms wo reappeared
on deck, prepared 10 enjoy as calm and
smooth sea as that over which We had
sailed in June. For tho first day all went
well we compimented our table, found ev-
erybody about US agreeable, and were com
PLEASANT and happy. But, "A change came